The  company was  founded  by  Alle  Valle  and Jams Clabecq  in 2007  to explore  themes related to identity through the traditional Japanese bunraku puppet theatre. Both studied in New York,  being  actively  involved  in  the  study  of identity and gender, using theatre to deconstruct concepts,  attitudes  and  stereotypes  related  to these themes.
Alle  Valle  worked  in  Spain  as  an  actress.  After receiving  a  grant,  she went  to New  York, where  she met  Blind  Summit  Theatre  Company.  Then  she  went to  London  to study bunraku with  them, performing and constructing puppets.
Jams  Clabecq  has  been  actively  involved  with  different organizations  to  change  the  current  fixed  scenario  that oppresses  identities  based  on gender, sex or race.
Their  new  performance  ‘Don’t Kiss  Me,  I  am  in  Training’ premiered  this  June,  and  has
since  been  presented  at  two festivals.

The  production  was  inspired by  the  life  and  writings  of Claude  Cahun  (1894-1954), photographer, poet, literary critic, novelist,  surrealist,  symbolist, translator, revolutionary activist, whose  art  is  being  discovered again nowadays.
‘By  showing  the ethereal nature of gender,  she highlighted  the  interchangeability of gendered  identities, thus  reducing  their  importance  in  society  to mere  roles,  rather  than  dominant  truths.  In  some  pictures Cahun  appears  androgynous, while  in  others  she  accentuates  feminine  characteristics.  As  for  sexuality, Cahun did not adhere  to popular notions of sexual classification: “My opinion about homosexuality and homosexuals  is exactly  the same as my opinion about heterosexuality and heterosexuals. All depends on individuals and circumstances. I claim a general freedom of behaviour.”’
(The Power Issue: Claude Cahun, www.queerty.com, Nov 15, 2006)

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